Dive Review of Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/Harborside at Atlantis in
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Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas/Harborside at Atlantis, Dec, 2009, by David Bader, NC, USA ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 5302.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Nassau, specially Paradise Island, is extremely expensive for food, taxis, and entertainment. I was one of the first picked up in the morning and had a one hour bus trip to the dive shop. They ran only two boats per day with 17-20 divers each. I wish they had run an additional boat to reduce the number of divers on each boat. The crew and staff were very friendly and professional. The dives were overly controlled for my taste. I returned to the boat on all dives with half a tank of air or more. First dives were either wall or wreck dives and had a maximum dive time of 35 minutes including the mandatory safety stop of 3 minutes. I could have easily done an hour on all dives. One of their favorite second dive sites, Hollywood Bowl, ranges only 10-20 feet deep. Nice reef with lots of smaller colorful fish but with surge, very difficult to navigate. I believe the reason for the short dive times is the lack of surface interval provided. Average surface interval was only 30 minutes. Any more SI would make the boats late for the afternoon dives. That's not a good reason to me for cut short my dives. Stuart Cove needs to adjust their schedules to allow for two one hour dives with an hour surface interval. After the dives, there were nice large rinse tanks for gear and a storage area so you don't have to lug all your gear back and forth to the hotel. Overall, it was an enjoyable week with some great wall dives and some nice wrecks.
Websites	Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas Harborside at Atlantis
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	79-°F / 26-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	100- Ft/ 30- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	I did five two-tank morning dives during my stay in the Bahamas. First dive was a mandatory lead dive generally in the 80 foot range for a maximum of 35 minutes. Second dive was in the 15-35 foot range for a maximum of 60 minutes.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was one rinse bucket on the boat which got very crowed with 20 divers onboard.

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